New Multi-Domain Wizard
   

The New Multi-Domain Wizard will guide you through the creation of a Multi-Domain logfile associated with a dataset. This wizard is a slight variation of the New Web Server Wizard, but it will create a special [Multi-domain] domain entry and a new Web Server entry.

Before setting up the Multi-domain entry, it is generally a good practice to define all of the Domain entries prior to running this wizard. For a Multi-domain planning example, see section: Multi Domain Logfiles


To start the Multi-domain Wizard, a dataset name must be selected first:


1.Select a dataset by clicking the mouse on the dataset name.  

2. Right-Click on the dataset name.
3. Select Menu Add multi-domain logfile

OR  

3. Menu: File | Add | Multi-domain logfile



The properties of the logfiles to be analyzed will be presented here.


Page 1 - Name The Web Server

Enter the external name of the web server.

Examples:

www
store
secure


Page 2 - Logfile Retrieval Method

Select the logfile retrieval method:

·    FTP transfer - Use this method when the logfiles are on a remote computer running an FTP server.  
 
Enter the FTP Login values of Server, Username, Password.  
 
Click the Test Connection button to verify that the login parameters are correct for the connection.  
 
Logfile Location - Enter the directory path to the logfiles from the web server. Use the Browse button to connect to the FTP server and navigate to the proper logfile directory.  
 
 
·    File System - Use this method when the logfiles are on a local, or shared network drive.  

Enter the Driver letter and full path to location of the logfiles. Use the Browse button to navigate to long path locations.  


Page 3 - Include / Exclude

Choose which files to include and exclude from analysis. Separate each file mask with a semi-colon.

Example:

Exclude: mail;old;ftp
Include: .log;.zip;.gz

Carefully choose the Include and Exclude file masks to narrow down the logfile lists to be processed by the server.

Pay attention to logfile rotation schemes used by the web server. For example:

www.sitename.com.access      Today's logfile - text format
www.sitename.com.access.1.gz      Today -1 day logfile - .gz binary format
www.sitename.com.access.2.gz      Today -2 days logfile - .gz binary format

A proper include file mask for this file rotation would be:

www.sitename.com.access

This file mask would allow the current logfile and all rotated logfiles to be accessed and processed by the server.

For example, setting the file Exclusion entry to mail;old;ftp will mean files containing the pattern of 'mail', 'old', or 'ftp' in the name are never downloaded.

See also Compressed / Rotated logfiles


The results of the Multi-domain Wizard will be a new, special domain entry, [Multi-domain], and a new, user-named web server entry.

To add additional Web Servers to this special [Multi-domain] entry:

1.Select the domain entry, [Multi-domain], by clicking the domain entry under a specific dataset.  
2.Right-click on the [Multi-domain] entry.  
3. Select Menu | Add web server
 
Continue to respond to the questions until complete.

See Also: New Dataset Wizard, New Domain Wizard, New Web Server Wizard